Boone and co-writer Knate Gwaltney are huge fans of that particular storyline, but it’s not clear exactly how they’ve incorporated it into The New Mutants.
In case there were any doubt regarding writer / director Josh Boone’s assertion that The New Mutants is a horror film, the new poster and teaser should clarify things pretty quickly.
Mirage is not featured in The New Mutants movie, and it’s entirely plausible that Boone and Gwaltney gave the character a new origin story that sidesteps some of the potentially problematic elements.
The X-Men spinoff, which is set to hit theaters on April 13, 2018, stars Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Henry Zaga, and Blu Hunt.
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